Hearings Postponed On Secret Ballot Bills
The Austin American Capitol Staff reports a House committee postponement of secret ballot bills after a Thursday session. Authors Doyle Willis Herman Yezak and Frank B McGregor plan to reschedule next week in Austin to allow witnesses to appear. Willis would require the voter to be custodian of the ballot ID marker. other bills would conceal the number under a label or tab but allow checks in court inquiry.
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House Solons Extend Bill Introduction Limit
With more than 525 bills already introduced, House members voted Thursday to extend the time for introducing legislation by 14 days. The extension prevents the 60 day constitutional limit from ending introductions, avoiding closure for some emergency-type exceptions.
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Auditor Recommends Separate Austin State School Colony
State Auditor C. H. Cavness praised conditions at the Austin State School farm colony after a yearly inspection. He urged separating it from the main Austin State School, noting growth to 480 patients since 1934 and a 366.5 acre site seven miles east of Austin with a 106 cow dairy and cannery. Proposals seek a new power plant an 9000000 dollar cottage expansion and 12 million for three new ward buildings and a laundry.
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Longoria Rites Controversy Moves Through Texas House
Three Rivers funeral director T. W. Kennedy Jr testified before a Texas House committee that he discouraged reburial rites in the Rice Funeral Home chapel due to family trouble involving Felix Longoria’s widow and his parents, not racial prejudice. Witnesses include Beatrice Longoria, Dr. Hector Garcia, and officials from the Texas Good Neighbor Commission. report due by March 15.
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Gulf Mosquito Control District Plan Amended
Senate approves amendment to allow Gulf coastal counties to form mosquito control districts and place dissolution on a future election. The bill requires a favorable voter vote to create and permits dissolution after an election. Senate adds provision for 200 citizen petition to dissolve, replacing the House version of 2,000 signatures.
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House Celebrates Manford Family Birthday at Capitol
The House passed a resolution wishing Speaker Durwood Manford a happy 32nd birthday and a separate resolution congratulating his son Lewis Price on his first birthday. The speaker noted the toddler’s first steps in the Capitol apartment.
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Black Fly Chubb ing Legislative Delays In Texas
The Texas House delayed tactics to postpone basic science action as the black fly bill finally passed 110 to 18. Governor Jester approved three hours after passage. The measure funds about 31 inspectors over five months to allow entry of 160 host plants to combat citrus grove threats.
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Loyalty Board Hearing Reset in Austin
Representative Marshall Bell announced that witnesses will return Monday for a rescheduled state loyalty commission bill hearing after Wednesday night’s cancellation. The bill keeps current affidavit requirements for state employees and college faculty and proposes an official commission to investigate subversive groups, publicizing lists and protecting their publication. A Senate action on a bill banning Communist Party candidate names on ballots will precede further review.
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Kelley To Head Water Rights Committee
Senator Rogers Kelley of Edinburg was named by Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers to head a new Senate committee on water rights irrigation and drainage. The panel includes Senators Hudson Aikin Ashley Bell Bracewell Corbin Cousins Harris Hazelwood Jones Kelly Martin Phillips Lock Proffer Strauss Taylor and others.
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Cuero
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Houston
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Lamesa
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Beaumont
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Dallas
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Amarillo
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Bonham
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
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Hilsboro
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Angleton
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Lufkin
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Justin
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
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Kerens
Jester Calls Attention To Texas Panel Debt
Governor Beauford H. Jester urged the Legislature to appropriate 3400 to cover Texas share of the Rio Grande Compact Commission expenses. He said Texas is the only member delinquent and called for emergency action on a bill by Rep Bill Jameson and S J Isaacks of El Paso.
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Senate approves 10 appointees in executive session
Governor Beauford H. Jester’s previously announced picks were approved by the Senate in executive session. The slate includes UT Board of Regents members from San Angelo and Panhandle, plus directors for Texas A M College, the Advisory Hospital Council, and the Burial Association Rate Board. One candidate for the State Board of Optometry was not actioned. Senate plans another executive session Monday for further consideration.
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San Angelo
David M. Warren
Panhandle
Dudley K. Woodward Jr
Dallas
Austin School System to Buy Idle 25 Acre Land Plot
State Board of Control approved a sale of a 25 acre tract to the Austin School System for a new high school and stadium as part of a 7 million dollar improvement program. The land, formerly dairy grazing for the Austin State Hospital, lies idle on the east side of the Dallas highway between Denson Drive and Evening Lane extension in the 6000 block. Representative Johnnie B. Rogers of Austin authored the bill, with Pearce Johnson and Hall Logan confirming support. The sale awaits House state affairs committee action.
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Widow Choked to Death in Oklahoma Burglary Suspected
In Lawton Oklahoma Mrs Ellen Ryan an 80 year old widow living alone was found dead in her cottage on Thursday police said she was choked with a towel possibly during a burglary A coroner s jury returned a preliminary verdict of death by strangulation cause unknown
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UT Student Parking Ticket Incident
Austin police assisted aUniversity student with a parking ticket after George Christian ran out of gas his squad car pushed him off the road. He returned to find the citation for parking too far from the curb.
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